Past Events

As part of the Kunstwoche of the Kommunalen Galerien Berlin two bus tours will start in the Bärenzwinger. The tours start at 2:00 p.m. and last around 3 to 4 hours. Bus tour 1 is moderated by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa and Milena Mercer and guides participants from the Bärenzwinger to Schloss Biesdorf (Marzahn-Hellersdorf), Galerie Adlershof (Treptow-Köpenick) […]

A New Chapter in Nina Paszkowski’s Exhibition “Furore” As part of an evening of dialogue, Nina Paszkowski and the curators will engage with the audience in a discussion about the third chapter of the exhibition “Furore.” As a process-oriented exhibition, “Furore” is constantly evolving. The paper and ceramic works are added to, removed, or placed […]

Our scavenger hunt invites you to discover the place with open eyes. The journey begins outside, leads past the Bärenzwinger through the greenery of Köllnischer Park, and finally into the building. You’ll receive your own clue-hunting booklet, which, like a little treasure chest, is waiting for you to open and fill it! Free Admission No […]

As part of Open Heritage Day, we invite you to join Alice Lorenzon on a guided tour focusing on the history of the historic site in Köllnischer Park. For almost 80 years, the Bärenzwinger, which opened in 1939, was home to several generations of the so-called “Berlin City Bears”. Until the death of Schnute, in […]

Free Admission No registration required For children 7 – 10 / accompanying adults welcome Languages: English and Turkish With Rezzan Gümgüm, you’ll dive into a world of light and imagination: You’ll create your own shadow figures and see how light brings them to life. Shadows dance, grow, and tell their own stories on the walls […]

With the second act, titled “Does the cosmic space, we dissolve into, taste of us?”, the artistic program running from August 7–9, 2026, focuses the theme of transformation. The opening act is Nina Guo’s radio performance BEARBONED on Friday evening. On Saturday, an artist talk with Qusay Awad will address the status of his artistic […]

Under the title For staying is nowhere, the first act of the program invites a form of invocation and explores ways of bringing what is hidden to the surface. Voice, sound, and bodily forms of expression intertwine to create a polyphonic tapestry. The program moves between the experimental sound works of DJ theories and a […]